Corn-husking machine



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E. s. BLAUSER CORN HUSKING MACHINE Filed April 12 1923 vwawioz Patented July 8, 1924.

EDWARD SpBLAUSER, 0F BASIL, OHIO.

GO'RN-HUSKING MACHINE.

Application filed April 12, 1923. Serial No. 631,515.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. BLAUSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Basil, in the county of Fairficld and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Husking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to improvements in corn husking machines.

The primary object of the invention is to provide novel means for holding the snapping rollers in yielding relation for elfectively snapping the husks from the ears and reducing the shelling of the corn to a minimum.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement of springs cooperative with the snapping rollers which will act with a heavy or light feed.

lVith these and other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts, and hereinafter to be fully described and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through a conventional form of husking machine showing the invention in place thereon,

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view of the springs, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3- of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates the casing and 2 the sides thereof and in said casing are mounted the usual feed table 3 and husking rolls 1.

The sides 2 have formed therein vertical slots 5 and removably mounted therein are upper and lower boxes 6 and 7 respectively, the former being capable of vertical sliding movement in both directions and is provided upon its upper surface with a recess 8, the purpose of which will appear later.

The snapping rollers 9 and 10 have their supporting shafts 11 rotatably engaged in the respective boxes 6 and 7, as is usual.

In order to hold the rollers 9 and 10 in yielding relation each box 6 has associated therewith coil springs 12 and 13, the springs 12 being of greater strength than the springs 13. The springs 12 have their lower ends engaged in the recess 8 of the box 6 and have mounted thereon cap plates 14 and upon which rest the lower ends of the springs 13. Mounted upon the upper ends of the springs 13 are plates 15, and it will be of course understood that the boxes 6 and 7 are held against lateral movement in the respective slots in any well known manner.

Fixed to the sides 2 and bridging the slots 3 are castings 16 in which are engaged adjusting screws 17 the lower ends of which being impinged against the plates 15. It will be of course understood that these screws can be manipulated to regulate the tension of the springs 12 and 13, and in an obvious manner.

The springs 13 being weaker than the springs 12 will of course act first as the stalks pass between the rollers 9 and 10 and will compensate for any unevenness in the feed, the ears and husks being snapped from the stalks by the rollers as is usual. Should an ear tend to pass between the rollers the roller 9 will be forced upwardly thus com pressing the springs 13 and should addi-v tional ears be pulled in between the rollers the springs 12 will begin to act, and when such condition arises the machine can be stopped and the feed better regulated, thereby preventing ears from passing too far in between the rollers and crushing the same and shelling therefrom the corn which has been found to be an objectionable feature in husking machines wherein springs of one tension have been employed.

l/Vhat is claimed is:

In a husking machine having unobstructed slots in its side walls, a pair of snapping rollers, upper and lower boxes engaged in the slots and in which the rollers are journaled, the upper boxes being movable in the slots, a pair of springs of unequal strength located in the slots. the lowermost springs being engaged with the uppermost boxes, plates interposed between the adjacent ends of the springs and movable with the lowermost springs to their fullest extent of depression, second plates upon the upper ends of the upper springs, and means for actuating the second plate to simultaneously contract both springs, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD S. BLAUSER. 

